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1 de dos plazas
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2 un dos plazas
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3 cama doble or de matrimonio or de dos plazas
* * *Spanish-English dictionary > cama doble or de matrimonio or de dos plazas
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4 sofá de dos plazas
(n.) = love seat, two-seater sofaEx. The lounge is fully furnished with a sofa bed and love seat, TV and DVD player.Ex. The living area is furnished with a three-seater sofa, two-seater sofa and 2 armchairs.* * *(n.) = love seat, two-seater sofaEx: The lounge is fully furnished with a sofa bed and love seat, TV and DVD player.
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5 camarote de dos plazas
сущ.общ. двухместная каютаИспанско-русский универсальный словарь > camarote de dos plazas
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6 avión coche de dos plazas
• two-seat airplane• two-seaterDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > avión coche de dos plazas
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7 cama de dos plazas
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8 vehículo de dos plazas
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9 dos
adj.1 two, twain.2 second.f. & m.two, number two.m.DOS, disk operating system.m.pl.plural of do/C (Music).* * *► adjetivo1 (cardinal) two; (ordinal) second\cada dos por tres familiar every five minutescomo dos y dos son cuatro familiar as sure as night follows day, as sure as eggs is eggsde dos en dos in twos, in pairsen un dos por tres familiar in a flashdos veces twice■ es dos veces mayor que su hermana she's twice as old as her sister Table 1 NOTA See also seis/Table 1* * *noun m. adj.* * *1. ADJ INV PRON1) [gen] two; [ordinal, en la fecha] secondde dos en dos — in twos, two by two
2) (=dos personas)es para los dos — it's for both of you/us etc
2.SM (=número) two; (=fecha) secondDOS El uso de "both" Los dos con el sentido de ambos se traduce por both, pero el lugar que ocupa en la oración y la construcción en la que se usa depende de varios factores: Como sujeto de "be" o un verbo auxiliar/modal ► Con nombre solo: Las dos hermanas son cantantes Both (of the) sisters are singers The sisters are both singers Los dos castillos fueron construidos en el siglo XVIII Both (of the) castles were built in the 18th century The castles were both built in the 18th century ► Con nombre y demostrativo/posesivo: Estos dos niños son huérfanos Both (of) these children are orphans These children are both orphans Mis dos hijos han emigrado Both (of) my sons have emigrated My sons have both emigrated ► Sin nombre: Los dos son jóvenes Both of them are young They're both young Los dos sabemos esquiar Both of us can ski We can both ski Como sujeto de otro verbo ► Con nombre solo: Los dos chicos quieren estudiar medicina Both (of the) boys want to study medicine The boys both want to study medicine ► Con nombre y demostrativo/posesivo: Mis dos tíos viven solos Both (of) my uncles live alone My uncles both live alone ► Sin nombre: Los dos beben más de la cuenta Both of them o They both drink too much Como objeto de un verbo o preposición Los hemos invitado a los dos We've invited both of them o them both Los dos me tenéis harta I'm fed up with both of you o you both Cuando los dos no puede substituirse por ambos, se traduce por the two + ((NOMBRE EN PLURAL)) o the two of us/ you/ them: ¿Tienes los dos libros que te dejé? Have you got the two books (that) I lent you? Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entradaestamos a dos — (Tenis) the score is deuce
* * *Iadjetivo invariable/pronombre twoentraron de dos en dos or (CS) de a dos — they came in two at a time o two by two; ( para más ejemplos ver tb cinco)
IIcada dos por tres: me llama cada dos por tres he phones me up every five minutes; se me avería cada dos por tres it's always breaking down on me; como (que) dos y dos son cuatro as sure as the day is long (AmE), as sure as night follows day (BrE); no hay dos sin tres misfortunes/these things always come in threes; ya somos dos — that makes two of us
hacer del dos — (Méx, Per fam) to do a pooh (used to or by children)
* * *Iadjetivo invariable/pronombre twoentraron de dos en dos or (CS) de a dos — they came in two at a time o two by two; ( para más ejemplos ver tb cinco)
IIcada dos por tres: me llama cada dos por tres he phones me up every five minutes; se me avería cada dos por tres it's always breaking down on me; como (que) dos y dos son cuatro as sure as the day is long (AmE), as sure as night follows day (BrE); no hay dos sin tres misfortunes/these things always come in threes; ya somos dos — that makes two of us
hacer del dos — (Méx, Per fam) to do a pooh (used to or by children)
* * *dos1= twin, two (2).Ex: These twin objectives are, in practice, not possible to achieve simultaneously.
Ex: The second part of this volume combines the proceedings of the two 1977 institutes held in New York and Los Angeles.* a dos niveles = two-tier.* a dos velas = skint, penniless, broke.* argumento que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.* arma de dos filos = double-edged sword.* asalto a dos bandas = two-pronged attack.* autobús de dos pisos = double-decker bus.* cada dos = every other.* cada dos años = biennially.* cada dos días = every other day.* cada dos minutos = every other minute.* cada dos por tres = all the time, now and again, often [oftener -comp., oftenest -sup.], frequently, every other minute, every five minutes, every few minutes.* cada dos semanas = biweekly [bi-weekly].* comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.* Comida + de dos platos = two course + Comida.* comida de dos platos y postre = three-course meal.* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod.* con dos caras = double-faced.* con dos facetas = double-faced.* con las dos manos = two handed [two-handed].* construido en dos niveles = split-level.* con tejado a dos aguas = gabled.* de dos caras = two-sided, two-faced.* de dos días de duración = two-day [2-day].* de dos en dos = two at a time.* de dos letras = two-letter.* de dos niveles = two-tier.* de dos páginas = two-page.* de dos partidos políticos = bipartisan [bi-partisan].* de dos patas = two-legged.* de dos piernas = two-legged.* de dos pies = two-legged.* de dos plantas = two-storey [two-story].* de dos tonalidades = bitonal.* de dos tonos = bitonal.* de dos volúmenes = two-volume.* de las dos maneras = in both ways.* dividir en dos = halve, bisect, rend in + two.* dos años = two-year period.* dos entuertos no hacen un derecho = two wrongs do not make a right.* dos no se pelean si uno no quiere = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.* dos peniques = tuppence.* dos puntos (:) = colon (:).* dos semanas = fortnight.* dos son compañía, tres multitud = two is a company, three is a crowd.* dos tercios (2/3) = two thirds (2/3).* dos veces = doubly, twice.* dos veces al año = twice yearly [twice-yearly], semiannual [semi-annual].* dos veces a la semana = twice-weekly, biweekly [bi-weekly], twice a week.* durante los dos últimos meses = over the last couple of months.* en dos años = over a two-year period.* en dos lenguas = bilingually.* en dos niveles = split-level.* en dos palabras = in a nutshell.* en dos volúmenes = two-volume.* en los dos últimos meses = over the last couple of months.* entre dos fuegos = crossfire.* en un dos por tres = in a flash, at the drop of a hat, in the blink of an eye, in no time, right away, in a jiffy, in a trice.* en uno o dos segundos = in an instant or two.* espada de dos filos = sword with two edges, two-edged sword.* estar a dos velas = not have a bean.* familia con dos coches = two-car family.* familia con dos sueldos = two-income family.* familia en la que los dos padres trabajan = dual-income family.* familia en la que los dos miembros trabajan = two-parent working family.* grado de proximidad entre dos = betweenness.* hender en dos = rend in + two.* los dos = both, both of them, both of which.* medir a dos raseros = double standard.* molde de dos hojas = two-sheet mould.* nadar entre dos aguas = sit on + the fence, fall between + two stools.* ninguno de los dos = neither, neither of them.* no + haber + dos + Nombre que = no two + Nombre.* no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.* no tener dos dedos de frente = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* pagar dos veces = double-pay.* para pelearse hacen falta dos = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.* partir en dos = halve, rend in + two.* pensárselo dos veces = think + twice.* por dos años = two-year.* provechoso para los dos = mutually beneficial.* rasgar en dos = rend in + two.* ser arma de dos filos = be a mixed blessing.* ser dos mundos completamente distintos = be poles apart.* sin pensárselo dos veces = without a second thought, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, at the drop of a hat.* sofá de dos plazas = love seat, two-seater sofa.* sofá para dos = love seat, two-seater sofa.* tener lo mejor de los dos mundos = have + the best of both worlds.* una vez cada dos semanas = once a fortnight.* uno de los dos investigadores principales = co-principal investigator.* vehículo de dos ruedas en línea = two-wheeler.* verificar dos veces = double-check [doublecheck].DOS2 (Sistema Operativo de Disco)Ex: These routines are often collectively known as a DOS or Disk Operating System.
* prompt del DOS = DOS prompt.* * *( Inf) DOS* * *
dos adj inv/m/pron
two;
sujétalo con las dos manos hold it with both hands;
llamó dos veces he called twice;
caminaban de dos en dos they walked in pairs;
entraron de dos en dos they came in two at a time o two by two;
dos puntos colon;
en un dos por tres in a flash;
para más ejemplos ver cinco
dos
I adjetivo
1 (cardinal) two: tiene dos hijos, he has two children
las dos hermanas son pelirrojas, both the sisters have red hair
2 (ordinal) second: el día dos de cada mes, the second of every month
II pron
1 (cardinal) two: compra solo dos, buy only two
dos de ellos estaban vigilando a los niños, two of them were watching the children
estaban los dos muy contentos, both of them were very happy
vosotros dos estáis castigados, both of you are to be punished
III sustantivo masculino two
♦ Locuciones: familiar cada dos por tres, every other minute
' dos' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abogada
- abogado
- abrazarse
- abuelo
- acostumbrar
- adelgazar
- adherencia
- adiós
- agraciada
- agraciado
- alrededor
- amante
- antelación
- antes
- apéndice
- ascender
- asestar
- atrás
- aunque
- balanza
- bastar
- batir
- batirse
- caber
- cada
- cara
- carrillo
- casar
- cepillarse
- cero
- citar
- clavar
- clavada
- clavado
- coleta
- combinar
- como
- compaginación
- comprometerse
- conectar
- conocerse
- convergencia
- cotejar
- cotizarse
- cuadrada
- cuadrado
- cualquiera
- de
- decálogo
English:
A
- advance
- ago
- agree
- all
- alliance
- amazing
- amicable
- apart
- argue
- as
- assistant
- attain
- augment
- average out at
- baptism
- bar
- bass
- beat up
- better
- bird
- blueberry
- book
- both
- by
- carry
- cement
- choice
- claim
- clash
- closely
- club sandwich
- coin
- collide
- colon
- come in
- compromise
- consecutive
- couple
- daily
- delivery
- deposit
- derby
- destroy
- diametrically
- dilute
- distinguish
- dock
- DOS
- double
* * *DOS [dos] nmInformát (abrev de disk operating system) DOS* * *adj1 two;de dos en dos in twos, two by two;los dos both;conozco a los dos hermanos I know both (of the) brothers;anda con ojo con los dos watch out for both of o the pair of them;2:cada dos por tres all the time, continually;en un dos por tres in a flash* * *dos adj & nm: two* * *dos num1. (en general) two2. (en fechas) second -
10 plaza
intj.clear the way, out of the way.f.1 square.la plaza del pueblo the village o town squareplaza mayor main square2 place (sitio).tenemos plazas limitadas there are a limited number of places availableplaza de aparcamiento parking space3 seat (asiento).un vehículo de dos plazas a two-seater vehicle4 position, job (puesto de trabajo).está buscando una plaza de médico she's looking for a position as a doctorplaza vacante vacancy5 market, marketplace (mercado).6 area (commerce) (zona).7 plaza, public place, public square, square.8 room, berth.9 post, job, position.10 vacancy, opening.11 public space with trees.* * *1 (de una población) square2 (mercado) marketplace3 (en un vehículo) seat4 (puesto de trabajo) position, vacancy■ se presentaron cien personas para tan sólo dos plazas there were a hundred applicants for only two vacancies5 (fortaleza) stronghold\plaza de armas parade groundplaza de parking parking spaceplaza de toros bullringplaza mayor main square* * *noun f.1) square2) marketplace3) place, seat* * *SF1) [entre calles] square2) (=mercado) market, market place3) (=espacio) [gen] room, space; [de vehículo] seat¡plaza! — make way!
plaza de atraque — berth, mooring
4) (=puesto de trabajo) [gen] post; (=vacante) vacancycubrir una plaza — to fill a vacancy o post o job
sentar plaza — (Mil) to enlist, sign on (de as)
5) † (=ciudad) town, city6) (tb: plaza fuerte) (Mil) fortress, fortified town; (Pol) stronghold* * *1)a) ( espacio abierto) squareb) (Taur) bullringel toro que abrió/cerró plaza — the first/last bull
2) (esp AmL) ( bolsa) market3) (Esp) ( mercado) market (place)4) ( ciudad)a) (Mil) garrison townb) (frml) (Corresp)en dicha plaza — in the abovementioned city/town
5)a) ( puesto - de trabajo) post, position; (- en una clase, universidad) placeb) ( asiento) seat•* * *1)a) ( espacio abierto) squareb) (Taur) bullringel toro que abrió/cerró plaza — the first/last bull
2) (esp AmL) ( bolsa) market3) (Esp) ( mercado) market (place)4) ( ciudad)a) (Mil) garrison townb) (frml) (Corresp)en dicha plaza — in the abovementioned city/town
5)a) ( puesto - de trabajo) post, position; (- en una clase, universidad) placeb) ( asiento) seat•* * *plaza11 = square, quadrangle, piazza, concourse.Ex: The secretary pointed out that all main approaches to the city lead to the courthouse square, the hub of the city's business district.
Ex: Some of the questions to ask ourselves are will people walk up or down stairs, across quadrangles, etc just to visit the library?.Ex: This is a nine part essay exploring the nature and potential of public space, ranging from piazzas to roofed and climate-controlled places to parking lots.Ex: The station has a single large concourse populated with the usual assortment of shops and eateries.* banco de plaza = park bench.* plaza de armas = parade ground.* plaza de desfiles = parade ground.* plaza del mercado = market square.* plaza del pueblo = town square.* plaza de toros = bullring.plaza22 = seat.Ex: After a brief coffee break the department heads resumed their seats.
* admitir un número de reservas mayor a las plazas existentes = overbook.* plaza de profesor = professorship.* plazas = seating.* sofá de dos plazas = love seat, two-seater sofa.* sofá de tres plazas = three-seater sofa.* * *A1 (espacio abierto) square2 ( Taur) bullringel toro que abrió/cerró plaza the first/last bullCompuestos:bullringmain squareun producto de lo mejor que hay en plaza one of the best products on the markethacer la plaza to do the shoppingD (ciudad)1 ( Mil) city, town ( usually fortified)el enemigo sitió la plaza the enemy laid siege to o besieged the towntuvieron que rendir or entregar la plaza they had to surrendernuestro representante en la plaza our local representativeen dicha plaza in the abovementioned city/townCompuestos:enclave(con obras de defensa) fortified town; (con soldados) garrison townE1 (puesto — de trabajo) post, position; (— en una clase, universidad) placeconcurso para cubrir una plaza de profesor adjunto selection procedure to fill the position of assistant lecturerhay varias plazas vacantes there are several vacancies2 (asiento) seat¿queda alguna plaza para el vuelo del sábado? are there any seats left for the Saturday flight?un sofá de tres plazas a three-seater sofaun coche de cinco plazas a car that seats fiveCompuestos:parking spaceparking space* * *
Multiple Entries:
Pl.
Pza.
plaza
Pl. (
Pza. sustantivo femenino (Plaza) Sq
plaza sustantivo femenino
1 ( espacio abierto) square;◊ plaza de armas (Mil) parade ground;
( lugar público) (Andes) main square;
plaza mayor main square
2
3
(en una clase, universidad) place;
plaza sustantivo femenino
1 (espacio abierto) square
2 (mercado) market, marketplace
3 (de toros) bullring
4 (asiento) seat: solo queda una plaza libre en el avión, there's only one seat left on the plane
5 (laboral) post
6 Mil garrison o fortified town
' plaza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abuela
- amable
- cubierta
- cubierto
- desierta
- desierto
- localidad
- alojar
- altura
- cama
- citar
- cubrir
- cupo
- desembocar
- esquina
- fortificar
- glorieta
- optar
- Pl.
- Pza.
- recobrar
- remodelar
- sitio
- solicitar
- vacante
- zócalo
English:
arena
- bay
- bomb
- bullring
- centre
- main
- marketplace
- off
- parade ground
- place
- ring
- seat
- seethe
- set down
- square
- unreserved
- accommodation
- bull
- garrison
- green
- market
- over
- park
- plaza
- single
* * *plaza nf1. [en una población] square;la plaza del pueblo the village o town squareplaza mayor main square;plaza del mercado market square;la Plaza Roja [de Moscú] Red Square2. [sitio] place;tenemos plazas limitadas there are a limited number of places availableplaza de aparcamiento parking space;plaza de garaje parking space [in a private garage]3. [asiento] seat;un vehículo de dos/cinco plazas a two-seater/five-seater vehicle4. [puesto de trabajo] position, job;está buscando una plaza de médico he's looking for a position as a doctor;han sido cubiertas todas las plazas all the positions have been filledplaza vacante vacancy5. [mercado] market, marketplace;el producto que usted busca no está más en plaza the product you are looking for is no longer on the marketplaza fuerte stronghold* * *f1 ( glorieta) square2 en vehículo seat;de dos plazas two-seater atrvacancy* * *plaza nf1) : square, plaza2) : marketplace3) : room, space, seat (in a vehicle)4) : post, position5)plaza fuerte : stronghold, fortified city6)plaza de toros : bullring* * *plaza n1. (espacio abierto) square2. (mercado) market3. (asiento) seat4. (sitio) place5. (empleo) post -
11 cama
f.1 bed.estar en o guardar cama to be confined to bedhacer la cama to make the bedhacerle o ponerle la cama a alguien (figurative) to plot against somebodyirse a la cama to go to bedcama de agua water bedcama doble double bedcama de hospital hospital bedcama individual single bedcama de matrimonio double bedcama nido pull-out bedcama turca divan bed2 cold frame.3 hospital bed.4 cam.* * *1 (gen) bed2 figurado (de animales) lair\estar en cama to be confined to bed, stay in bedguardar cama to be confined to bed, stay in bedhacer cama to be confined to bed, stay in bedhacer la cama to make the bedirse a la cama to go to bedllevarse a alguien a la cama familiar to get somebody into bedcama de matrimonio double bedcama doble double bedcama elástica trampolinecama individual single bedcama turca divan, couch* * *noun f.* * *SF1) bedestá en la cama durmiendo — he's asleep in bed, he's in bed sleeping
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caer en cama — to fall ill•
estar en cama — to be in bed•
guardar cama — to stay in bed•
hacer la cama — to make the bed•
irse a la cama — to go to bed•
llevarse a algn a la cama — to get sb into bed•
meterse en la cama — to go to bed•
mojar la cama — to wet the bed, wet one's bedcama nido — truckle bed, trundle bed (EEUU)
2) [de carro] floor3) (Geol) layer* * *femenino ( para dormir) bedhacer or (AmL) tender la cama — to make the bed
caer en cama — to fall ill
estar de cama — (RPl fam) to be dead (colloq), to be knackered (BrE sl)
irse a la cama con alguien — (fam) to go to bed with somebody (colloq)
llevarse a alguien a la cama — (fam) to get somebody into bed (colloq)
* * *= bed.Ex. He recommended me to carry a small piece of brimstone sewed up in a piece of very thin linen to bed with me, and if I felt any symptom of cramp to hold it in my hand.----* alfombra de pie de cama = bedside rug.* armadura de cama = bedstead.* armazón de cama = bedstead.* bastidor de cama = bedstead.* caerse de la cama = roll out of + bed.* cama con baldaquín = canopy bed.* cama con cuatro columnas = four-poster bed.* cama con dosel = canopy bed.* cama de agua = waterbed [water bed].* cama de matrimonio = double bed.* cama elástica = trampoline.* cama individual = single bed, twin bed.* cama nido = truckle bed, trumple bed, trundle bed.* cama para invitados = guest bed.* cama plegable = camp bed, cot.* cama solar = sunbed, tanning bed.* cama y comida = food and board, bed and board.* coche cama = sleeping car.* en cama = abed.* falda de cama = bed skirt.* gimnasta de la cama elástica = trampolinist.* habitación con cama doble = double room.* hacer la cama = make + the bed.* irse a la cama = retire + at night.* junto a la cama = by the bedside, at the bedside.* levantarse de la cama = get out of + bed.* postrado en cama = bedridden [bed-ridden], bedfast [bed-fast].* quedarse en la cama hasta tarde = have + a lie-in.* reposo en cama = bed rest.* ropa de cama = bed linen, bedding.* sofá cama = sofa sleeper, sofa bed.* * *femenino ( para dormir) bedhacer or (AmL) tender la cama — to make the bed
caer en cama — to fall ill
estar de cama — (RPl fam) to be dead (colloq), to be knackered (BrE sl)
irse a la cama con alguien — (fam) to go to bed with somebody (colloq)
llevarse a alguien a la cama — (fam) to get somebody into bed (colloq)
* * *= bed.Ex: He recommended me to carry a small piece of brimstone sewed up in a piece of very thin linen to bed with me, and if I felt any symptom of cramp to hold it in my hand.
* alfombra de pie de cama = bedside rug.* armadura de cama = bedstead.* armazón de cama = bedstead.* bastidor de cama = bedstead.* caerse de la cama = roll out of + bed.* cama con baldaquín = canopy bed.* cama con cuatro columnas = four-poster bed.* cama con dosel = canopy bed.* cama de agua = waterbed [water bed].* cama de matrimonio = double bed.* cama elástica = trampoline.* cama individual = single bed, twin bed.* cama nido = truckle bed, trumple bed, trundle bed.* cama para invitados = guest bed.* cama plegable = camp bed, cot.* cama solar = sunbed, tanning bed.* cama y comida = food and board, bed and board.* coche cama = sleeping car.* en cama = abed.* falda de cama = bed skirt.* gimnasta de la cama elástica = trampolinist.* habitación con cama doble = double room.* hacer la cama = make + the bed.* irse a la cama = retire + at night.* junto a la cama = by the bedside, at the bedside.* levantarse de la cama = get out of + bed.* postrado en cama = bedridden [bed-ridden], bedfast [bed-fast].* quedarse en la cama hasta tarde = have + a lie-in.* reposo en cama = bed rest.* ropa de cama = bed linen, bedding.* sofá cama = sofa sleeper, sofa bed.* * *A (para dormir) bedhacer or ( AmL) tender la cama to make the bedlevantar la cama to strip the bedya es hora de irse a la cama it's time to go to bed, it's bedtime o time for bedestirar la cama to straighten the covers¡métete en la cama! get into bed!me voy a ir derechito a la cama I'm going straight to bedel médico le mandó guardar cama the doctor told her to stay in bed¿todavía estás en la cama? are you still in bed?, aren't you up yet?no se encuentra bien y está en cama she's in bed not feeling very wellCompuestos:extra bed( AmL) bunk bedwater bed( AmL) double beddouble bed( AmL) single beddouble bedtrampolinesingle bedtrundle bed, truckle bedgroup sexfpl twin beds (pl)sunbed, solariumB ( Impr) bedC ( Hort) cold frame* * *
cama sustantivo femenino ( para dormir) bed;
hacer or (AmL) tender la cama to make the bed;◊ ¡métete en la cama! get into bed!;
guardar cama to stay in bed;
está en cama she's in bed;
cama camarote (AmL) bunk bed;
cama doble or de matrimonio or (AmL) de dos plazas double bed;
cama individual or (AmL) de una plaza single bed;
cama solar sunbed;
caer en cama to fall ill
cama sustantivo femenino bed
cama de matrimonio, double bed
cama elástica, trampoline
cama individual, single bed
cama turca, divan
♦ Locuciones: estar en o guardar cama, to be confined to bed
hacer la cama, to make the bed
familiar hacerle la cama a alguien, (perjudicar) to frame somebody
irse a la cama, to go to bed ➣ Ver nota en bed
' cama' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abatible
- acostada
- acostado
- atonía
- cabecera
- coche
- cuidar
- debajo
- dejarse
- deshacer
- deshecha
- deshecho
- encogerse
- estirar
- extrañar
- fleje
- guardar
- hacer
- hora
- larguero
- lecho
- levantarse
- manía
- matrimonio
- peor
- recostarse
- resistir
- revolverse
- ropa
- salto
- sofá
- tálamo
- tapar
- taparse
- tener
- trancazo
- travesera
- travesero
- turca
- turco
- abajo
- acabar
- afuera
- angosto
- arrimar
- arropar
- blando
- borde
- bueno
- cabezal
English:
air
- bed
- bedclothes
- bedding
- bung
- bunk
- camp bed
- car
- comfortable
- convert
- cover
- double bed
- flu
- fold
- folding
- fresh
- full-length
- get up
- head
- homework
- keep
- lay up
- leap
- lie down
- lumpy
- move back
- ordinarily
- pillow talk
- rise
- sag
- sheet
- single
- sleeper
- sleeping car
- snuggle
- sofa bed
- stay
- strip
- sunbed
- thrash about
- thrash around
- toss
- tuck up
- wet
- bolt
- cot
- divan
- dressing
- flat
- flop
* * *cama nf1. [mueble] bed;el médico le ha dicho que tiene que estar en o [m5] guardar cama the doctor told her to stay in bed;Am Famhacer la cama to make the bed;irse a la cama to go to bed;meterse en la cama to get into bed;saltar de la cama to jump o leap out of bed;Dep to make a back for sb, to upend sb;a la cama no te irás sin saber una cosa más you learn something new every daycama de agua water bed; RP camas cameras twin beds;cama doble double bed;Am cama de dos plazas double bed;cama elástica trampoline;camas gemelas twin beds;cama individual single bed;RP cama marinera truckle bed, = bed with another pull-out bed underneath;cama de matrimonio double bed;cama nido truckle bed, = bed with another pull-out bed underneath;cama redonda group sex;RP cama solar Br sunbed, US tanning bed;cama turca = bed without head- or footboard, Br divan bed;Am cama de una plaza single bed;cama de uno single bed2. [plaza hospitalaria] (hospital) bedcama de hospital hospital bed* * *f bed;hacer la cama make the bed;irse a la cama go to bed;estar en cama be in bed;guardar cama be confined to bed* * *cama nf1) : bed2)cama elástica : trampoline* * *cama n bed -
12 sofá
m.sofa, couch, chaise longue, chaise lounge.* * *► nombre masculino (pl sofás)1 sofa, settee\sofá cama sofa bed* * *noun m.couch, sofa* * *SM sofa, settee* * *masculino sofa, settee, couch* * *= couch, sofa, settee.Ex. When the light began to fail she turned on a lamp next to the couch and continued the conversation with herself.Ex. The rest of the room is occupied by an assortment of comfortable chairs and sofas; a table which seats four is in the center of the room.Ex. She sunbathed in the garden while her dog, preferring the cool of the house, had been kipping on the settee as usual.----* sofá cama = sofa sleeper, sofa bed.* sofá de dos plazas = love seat, two-seater sofa.* sofá de tres plazas = three-seater sofa.* sofá para dos = love seat, two-seater sofa.* sofá para tres = three-seater sofa.* * *masculino sofa, settee, couch* * *= couch, sofa, settee.Ex: When the light began to fail she turned on a lamp next to the couch and continued the conversation with herself.
Ex: The rest of the room is occupied by an assortment of comfortable chairs and sofas; a table which seats four is in the center of the room.Ex: She sunbathed in the garden while her dog, preferring the cool of the house, had been kipping on the settee as usual.* sofá cama = sofa sleeper, sofa bed.* sofá de dos plazas = love seat, two-seater sofa.* sofá de tres plazas = three-seater sofa.* sofá para dos = love seat, two-seater sofa.* sofá para tres = three-seater sofa.* * *sofa, settee, couchCompuesto:sofa bed* * *
sofá sustantivo masculino
sofa, settee, couch
sofá sustantivo masculino sofa, settee
sofá cama, sofa bed
' sofá' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
canapé
- reclinarse
- sitio
- tapicería
- tender
- tresillo
- arrellanarse
- columpio
- echado
- entrar
- mullido
- sofá-cama
- tapete
English:
bulky
- claw
- comfortably
- convert
- couch
- cream
- flop
- line up
- settee
- settle
- sofa
- sofa bed
- spill
- arm
- bounce
- cover
- divan
- drape
- go
- shabby
- three
* * *sofá nmsofa, couch* * *m sofa* * *sofá nm: couch, sofa* * *sofá n sofa / settee -
13 двухместный
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14 dos1
= twin, two (2).Ex. These twin objectives are, in practice, not possible to achieve simultaneously.Ex. The second part of this volume combines the proceedings of the two 1977 institutes held in New York and Los Angeles.----* a dos niveles = two-tier.* a dos velas = skint, penniless, broke.* argumento que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.* arma de dos filos = double-edged sword.* asalto a dos bandas = two-pronged attack.* autobús de dos pisos = double-decker bus.* cada dos = every other.* cada dos años = biennially.* cada dos días = every other day.* cada dos minutos = every other minute.* cada dos por tres = all the time, now and again, often [oftener -comp., oftenest -sup.], frequently, every other minute, every five minutes, every few minutes.* cada dos semanas = biweekly [bi-weekly].* comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.* Comida + de dos platos = two course + Comida.* comida de dos platos y postre = three-course meal.* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod.* con dos caras = double-faced.* con dos facetas = double-faced.* con las dos manos = two handed [two-handed].* construido en dos niveles = split-level.* con tejado a dos aguas = gabled.* de dos caras = two-sided, two-faced.* de dos días de duración = two-day [2-day].* de dos en dos = two at a time.* de dos letras = two-letter.* de dos niveles = two-tier.* de dos páginas = two-page.* de dos partidos políticos = bipartisan [bi-partisan].* de dos patas = two-legged.* de dos piernas = two-legged.* de dos pies = two-legged.* de dos plantas = two-storey [two-story].* de dos tonalidades = bitonal.* de dos tonos = bitonal.* de dos volúmenes = two-volume.* de las dos maneras = in both ways.* dividir en dos = halve, bisect, rend in + two.* dos años = two-year period.* dos entuertos no hacen un derecho = two wrongs do not make a right.* dos no se pelean si uno no quiere = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.* dos peniques = tuppence.* dos puntos (:) = colon (:).* dos semanas = fortnight.* dos son compañía, tres multitud = two is a company, three is a crowd.* dos tercios (2/3) = two thirds (2/3).* dos veces = doubly, twice.* dos veces al año = twice yearly [twice-yearly], semiannual [semi-annual].* dos veces a la semana = twice-weekly, biweekly [bi-weekly], twice a week.* durante los dos últimos meses = over the last couple of months.* en dos años = over a two-year period.* en dos lenguas = bilingually.* en dos niveles = split-level.* en dos palabras = in a nutshell.* en dos volúmenes = two-volume.* en los dos últimos meses = over the last couple of months.* entre dos fuegos = crossfire.* en un dos por tres = in a flash, at the drop of a hat, in the blink of an eye, in no time, right away, in a jiffy, in a trice.* en uno o dos segundos = in an instant or two.* espada de dos filos = sword with two edges, two-edged sword.* estar a dos velas = not have a bean.* familia con dos coches = two-car family.* familia con dos sueldos = two-income family.* familia en la que los dos padres trabajan = dual-income family.* familia en la que los dos miembros trabajan = two-parent working family.* grado de proximidad entre dos = betweenness.* hender en dos = rend in + two.* los dos = both, both of them, both of which.* medir a dos raseros = double standard.* molde de dos hojas = two-sheet mould.* nadar entre dos aguas = sit on + the fence, fall between + two stools.* ninguno de los dos = neither, neither of them.* no + haber + dos + Nombre que = no two + Nombre.* no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.* no tener dos dedos de frente = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* pagar dos veces = double-pay.* para pelearse hacen falta dos = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.* partir en dos = halve, rend in + two.* pensárselo dos veces = think + twice.* por dos años = two-year.* provechoso para los dos = mutually beneficial.* rasgar en dos = rend in + two.* ser arma de dos filos = be a mixed blessing.* ser dos mundos completamente distintos = be poles apart.* sin pensárselo dos veces = without a second thought, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, at the drop of a hat.* sofá de dos plazas = love seat, two-seater sofa.* sofá para dos = love seat, two-seater sofa.* tener lo mejor de los dos mundos = have + the best of both worlds.* una vez cada dos semanas = once a fortnight.* uno de los dos investigadores principales = co-principal investigator.* vehículo de dos ruedas en línea = two-wheeler.* verificar dos veces = double-check [doublecheck]. -
15 plaza2
2 = seat.Ex. After a brief coffee break the department heads resumed their seats.----* admitir un número de reservas mayor a las plazas existentes = overbook.* plaza de profesor = professorship.* plazas = seating.* sofá de dos plazas = love seat, two-seater sofa.* sofá de tres plazas = three-seater sofa. -
16 tres (3)
= three (3), triplet.Ex. Indexing languages may be of three distinct types.Ex. The indicator triplet: transience, renewal, and dynamism is used to describe the 'physical shape' of a national scientific community = Los tres indicadores de transitoriedad, renovación y dinamismo se utilizan para describir la "forma física" de la comunidad científica de una nación.----* a tres bandas = three pronged.* a tres niveles = three-tiered.* barba de tres días = stubble beard, stubble.* barba de tres días de moda = designer stubble.* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.* cada dos por tres = all the time, now and again, often [oftener -comp., oftenest -sup.], frequently, every other minute, every five minutes, every few minutes.* carrera de tres piernas = three-legged race.* casa de tres plantas = three-storeyed house.* comida de tres platos = three-course meal.* de tres caras = three-sided.* de tres niveles = three-tiered.* de tres páginas = three-page.* dos son compañía, tres multitud = two is a company, three is a crowd.* en tres etapas = three-step.* en tres fases = three-step.* entre tres partes = 3-party [three-party].* en un dos por tres = in a flash, at the drop of a hat, in the blink of an eye, in no time, right away, in a jiffy, in a trice.* grupo de tres = threesome.* lucha entre tres = three-horse race.* no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.* que consta de tres puntos = three-point.* regla de tres, la = rule of three, the.* sofá de tres plazas = three-seater sofa.* sofá para tres = three-seater sofa.* tres cuartos (3/4) = three-quarters (3/4), three-fourths (3/4).* tres en línea = noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe.* tres en raya = noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe.* tres es una multitud = three is a crowd.* tres goles en un mismo partido = hat trick.* tres peniques = threepence, thruppence.* tres veces = thrice, three times.* tres victorias consecutivas = hat trick.* uno de cada tres = one in three.* zona de los tres estados = tristate area.* * *= three (3), triplet.Ex: Indexing languages may be of three distinct types.
Ex: The indicator triplet: transience, renewal, and dynamism is used to describe the 'physical shape' of a national scientific community = Los tres indicadores de transitoriedad, renovación y dinamismo se utilizan para describir la "forma física" de la comunidad científica de una nación.* a tres bandas = three pronged.* a tres niveles = three-tiered.* barba de tres días = stubble beard, stubble.* barba de tres días de moda = designer stubble.* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.* cada dos por tres = all the time, now and again, often [oftener -comp., oftenest -sup.], frequently, every other minute, every five minutes, every few minutes.* carrera de tres piernas = three-legged race.* casa de tres plantas = three-storeyed house.* comida de tres platos = three-course meal.* de tres caras = three-sided.* de tres niveles = three-tiered.* de tres páginas = three-page.* dos son compañía, tres multitud = two is a company, three is a crowd.* en tres etapas = three-step.* en tres fases = three-step.* entre tres partes = 3-party [three-party].* en un dos por tres = in a flash, at the drop of a hat, in the blink of an eye, in no time, right away, in a jiffy, in a trice.* grupo de tres = threesome.* lucha entre tres = three-horse race.* no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.* que consta de tres puntos = three-point.* regla de tres, la = rule of three, the.* sofá de tres plazas = three-seater sofa.* sofá para tres = three-seater sofa.* tres cuartos (3/4) = three-quarters (3/4), three-fourths (3/4).* tres en línea = noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe.* tres en raya = noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe.* tres es una multitud = three is a crowd.* tres goles en un mismo partido = hat trick.* tres peniques = threepence, thruppence.* tres veces = thrice, three times.* tres victorias consecutivas = hat trick.* uno de cada tres = one in three.* zona de los tres estados = tristate area. -
17 número
m.1 number, amount, quantity, sum.2 number, numeral, Arabic numeral, cipher.3 size, number.4 issue, copy, number.5 act, number.* * *1 (gen) number2 (de una publicación) number, issue3 (de zapatos) size■ ¿qué número calzas? what's your shoe size?, what size shoe do you take?4 (de un espectáculo) act5 (de lotería) lottery ticket number6 (cargo sin graduación) officer7 LINGÚÍSTICA number8 familiar scene\en números redondos in round figuresen números rojos in the redhacer números to do the figuresmontar un número familiar to make a scenepedir número to take a numbered ticketser el número uno to be the number oneser miembro de número to be a full membernúmero arábigo Arabic numeralnúmero atrasado back numbernúmero de matrícula registration number, US license numbernúmero de serie serial numbernúmero entero whole numbernúmero extraordinario (en prensa) special edition, special issuenúmero fraccionario fractionnúmero impar odd numbernúmero ordinal ordinal numbernúmero par even numbernúmero primo prime numbernúmero quebrado fractionnúmero romano Roman numeral* * *noun m.1) number2) issue3) figure4) size* * *SM1) (Mat) numbervolver a números negros — to get back into the black, return to profitability
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de número, miembro de número — full memberprofesor de número — tenured teacher, teacher with a permanent post
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sin número, calle Aribau, sin número — Aribau street, no numbernúmero binario — (Inform) binary number
número de identificación fiscal — ID number used for tax purposes
número de lote — batch number, batch code
número de matrícula — (Aut) registration number
número de teléfono — telephone number, phone number
número dos — (lit) number two
el número dos del partido — the second in command of the party, the party's number two
número personal de identificación — (=clave) personal identification number
para mí, Sinatra será siempre el número uno — for me Sinatra will always be number one
el jugador número uno de su país — the number one player in his country, the top player in his country
2) [de zapatos] size3) [de periódico, revista] number, issuenúmero cero — dummy number, dummy run
número extraordinario — special edition, special issue
4) (=billete de lotería) ticket5) (Teat) act, number6) (Gram) number7) (Mil) man; (=soldado raso) private; (=policía) policeman* * *1)a) (Mat) numberproblemas sin número — innumerable o countless problems
en números redondos — in round numbers
estar en números rojos — (fam) to be in the red (colloq)
hacer números — to do one's arithmetic o (BrE) sums
b) ( de zapatos) size¿qué número calzas? — what size shoe do you take?
c) ( billete de lotería) lottery ticket2) (Espec) actmontar un/el número — (Esp fam) to kick up a fuss (colloq)
3) ( de publicación) issue* * *= extent, incidence, issue, number, numeral, percentage, tally [tallies, pl.], scale.Ex. The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.Ex. The number of entries in pre-co-ordinate system will depend upon the incidence of references and multiple entries.Ex. This is an issue devoted in part to papers presented at the conference arranged and hosted by the State Library of New South Wales.Ex. The headings will be arranged according to the filing sequence of the notation (for example, alphabetically for letters or numerically for numbers).Ex. Records can be retrieved by character strings (that is, sequences of letters and numerals).Ex. But those institutions, and I am referring particularly to public libraries, serve a very large percentage of the nation's library users.Ex. As the various parts of the record are entered, the document summary indicates the additions by the tallies opposite the record parts.Ex. I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.----* acción de marcar un número = dialling.* admitir un número de reservas mayor a las plazas existentes = overbook.* área del número normalizado y de las condiciones de adquisición = International Standard Book Number and terms of availability area, standard number and terms of availability area.* aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.* base de un número = subscript numeral.* colorear por números = paint by + numbers.* con el número = numbered.* con un gran número de lectores = widely-read.* cuadrar números = add up + figures.* el mismo número = as many.* en el mismo número de años = in as many years.* enemigo público número uno = public enemy number one.* en grandes números = in record numbers.* en gran número = numerously.* en números redondos = in round figures.* en números reducidos = in small numbers.* en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.* exceder en número = outnumber.* exponente de un número = superscript numeral.* ficha de número de registro = accessions card.* gran número de = great numbers of.* integridad de los números = integrity of numbers.* línea de números = number line.* marcar un número de teléfono = dial + number.* montar un número = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.* nº (número) + Número = # (number) + Número, no. (number) + Número.* Norma Británica 1749: Recomendaciones para la ordenación alfabética y el ord = BS (British Standard) 1749: Recommendations for alphabetical arrangement and the filing order of numerals and symbols.* número actual = current issue.* Número + al año = Número + annually.* Número + al día = Número + a day.* número anterior = backrun, back issue.* número aproximado = ballpark number.* número arábigo = Arabic numeral.* número atrasado = back issue, back copy.* número binario = binary digit.* Número + cada año = Número + annually.* número cada vez mayor = rising numbers.* número capicúo = palindrome.* número consecutivo = running number.* número de adquisiciones = acquisition rate.* número de alumnos matriculados = enrolment [enrollment, -USA].* Número + de ancho = Número + wide.* número de aprobados = pass rate.* número de asientos = seating.* número de bibliografía nacional = national record number.* número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.* número decimal = decimal number.* número de citas = number of citations.* número de clasificación = class mark [classmark], class number, classification number, rank number.* número de control = control number.* número de documentos devueltos a los estantes = shelving statistics.* número de ejemplar = copy number.* número de emergencia = hotline [hot-line].* número de exportaciones = export figures.* número de fascículo = issue number.* número de identificación = ID number (identification number).* número de identificación del documento = library registration number.* número de intentos fallidos = failure rate.* número de la bibliografía nacional = national bibliographic record number.* número de la búsqueda = set number.* Número + de largo = Número + long.* número de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card number.* número del documento = document identification number, document number.* número de lector = borrower number.* número del editor = publisher's number (música).* número de matrícula = registration number, car registration number.* número de modelo = model number.* número de muertos = death toll.* número de opus = opus number.* número de orden = rank number.* número de páginas = pagination.* número de palabras = wordage.* número de participantes = turnout.* número de pedido = order number.* número de plancha = plate number.* número de préstamo = charging number.* número de préstamos = circulation figures.* número de publicaciones = publication count.* número de referencia del documento = document reference number.* número de referencias = number of citations.* número de registro = accession number, card number.* número de relación = linking number.* número de respuestas recibidas = response rate, rate of response.* número de serie = serial number.* número de solicitudes denegadas = failure rate.* número de suspensos = failure rate.* número de tarjeta de proceso = transaction card number.* número de teléfono = phone number, telephone number, dial-up number, dial-up number, dial-up number.* número de teléfono de llamada gratuita = toll free telephone number, toll-free number.* número de teléfono que no está incluido en el directorio telefónico = unlisted telephone number.* número de tema = thematic index number.* número determinado de = nth.* número de víctimas = death toll.* número de volumen = volume number.* número entero = integer.* número entero positivo = positive integer.* Número + en total = Número + in number.* número equivocado = wrong number.* número especial = special issue, special number.* número identificado de un ordenador en una red = network address.* número impar = odd number.* número indicador de materia = SIN, Subject Indicator Number.* Número Internacional Normalizado para Libros (ISBN) = ISBN (International Standard Book Number).* Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicaciones Seriadas (ISSN) = ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).* número limitado de alumnos matriculados = limited enrolment.* número mágico = magic number.* número matriz = master number.* número monográfico = thematic issue.* número nacional de identificación bibliográfica = national bibliography number.* número normalizado = standard number.* número ordinal = ordinal, ordinal number.* número par = even number.* número pin = PIN (personal identification number), PIN number.* Número + por ciento = by + factor of + Número, Número + percentage points.* número reclamado = claimed issue.* número romano = roman numeral.* números recientes de las revistas = current journals.* número total = head count.* número trascendente = transcendental number.* número trece = thirteenth.* número uno = number one.* Número + vez = Número + time.* número y distribución de personal = staffing conditions.* ordenación por número curren = accession order, accession order, arrangement by accession number.* ordenado por número de clasificación = in class number order.* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.* PIN (número de identificación personal) = PIN (personal identification number).* poner a + Número = set to + Número.* procesador de números = number cruncher.* redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.* ser de número limitado = be limited in number.* superar en número = outnumber.* tarifa por el número de operaciones = volume-based tariff.* último número, el = latest issue, the.* una gran número de = a broad variety of.* un buen número de = a good number of.* un cierto número de = a number of.* un gran número de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a plethora of, a wide range of, a full roster of, a fair number of, a great number of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a vast corpus of.* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.* un número de = a series of.* un número reducido de = a residue of, a small number of.* un número variado de + Nombre = any number of + Nombre.* * *1)a) (Mat) numberproblemas sin número — innumerable o countless problems
en números redondos — in round numbers
estar en números rojos — (fam) to be in the red (colloq)
hacer números — to do one's arithmetic o (BrE) sums
b) ( de zapatos) size¿qué número calzas? — what size shoe do you take?
c) ( billete de lotería) lottery ticket2) (Espec) actmontar un/el número — (Esp fam) to kick up a fuss (colloq)
3) ( de publicación) issue* * *= extent, incidence, issue, number, numeral, percentage, tally [tallies, pl.], scale.Ex: The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.
Ex: The number of entries in pre-co-ordinate system will depend upon the incidence of references and multiple entries.Ex: This is an issue devoted in part to papers presented at the conference arranged and hosted by the State Library of New South Wales.Ex: The headings will be arranged according to the filing sequence of the notation (for example, alphabetically for letters or numerically for numbers).Ex: Records can be retrieved by character strings (that is, sequences of letters and numerals).Ex: But those institutions, and I am referring particularly to public libraries, serve a very large percentage of the nation's library users.Ex: As the various parts of the record are entered, the document summary indicates the additions by the tallies opposite the record parts.Ex: I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.* acción de marcar un número = dialling.* admitir un número de reservas mayor a las plazas existentes = overbook.* área del número normalizado y de las condiciones de adquisición = International Standard Book Number and terms of availability area, standard number and terms of availability area.* aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.* base de un número = subscript numeral.* colorear por números = paint by + numbers.* con el número = numbered.* con un gran número de lectores = widely-read.* cuadrar números = add up + figures.* el mismo número = as many.* en el mismo número de años = in as many years.* enemigo público número uno = public enemy number one.* en grandes números = in record numbers.* en gran número = numerously.* en números redondos = in round figures.* en números reducidos = in small numbers.* en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.* exceder en número = outnumber.* exponente de un número = superscript numeral.* ficha de número de registro = accessions card.* gran número de = great numbers of.* integridad de los números = integrity of numbers.* línea de números = number line.* marcar un número de teléfono = dial + number.* montar un número = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.* nº (número) + Número = \# (number) + Número, no. (number) + Número.* Norma Británica 1749: Recomendaciones para la ordenación alfabética y el ord = BS (British Standard) 1749: Recommendations for alphabetical arrangement and the filing order of numerals and symbols.* número actual = current issue.* Número + al año = Número + annually.* Número + al día = Número + a day.* número anterior = backrun, back issue.* número aproximado = ballpark number.* número arábigo = Arabic numeral.* número atrasado = back issue, back copy.* número binario = binary digit.* Número + cada año = Número + annually.* número cada vez mayor = rising numbers.* número capicúo = palindrome.* número consecutivo = running number.* número de adquisiciones = acquisition rate.* número de alumnos matriculados = enrolment [enrollment, -USA].* Número + de ancho = Número + wide.* número de aprobados = pass rate.* número de asientos = seating.* número de bibliografía nacional = national record number.* número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.* número decimal = decimal number.* número de citas = number of citations.* número de clasificación = class mark [classmark], class number, classification number, rank number.* número de control = control number.* número de documentos devueltos a los estantes = shelving statistics.* número de ejemplar = copy number.* número de emergencia = hotline [hot-line].* número de exportaciones = export figures.* número de fascículo = issue number.* número de identificación = ID number (identification number).* número de identificación del documento = library registration number.* número de intentos fallidos = failure rate.* número de la bibliografía nacional = national bibliographic record number.* número de la búsqueda = set number.* Número + de largo = Número + long.* número de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card number.* número del documento = document identification number, document number.* número de lector = borrower number.* número del editor = publisher's number (música).* número de matrícula = registration number, car registration number.* número de modelo = model number.* número de muertos = death toll.* número de opus = opus number.* número de orden = rank number.* número de páginas = pagination.* número de palabras = wordage.* número de participantes = turnout.* número de pedido = order number.* número de plancha = plate number.* número de préstamo = charging number.* número de préstamos = circulation figures.* número de publicaciones = publication count.* número de referencia del documento = document reference number.* número de referencias = number of citations.* número de registro = accession number, card number.* número de relación = linking number.* número de respuestas recibidas = response rate, rate of response.* número de serie = serial number.* número de solicitudes denegadas = failure rate.* número de suspensos = failure rate.* número de tarjeta de proceso = transaction card number.* número de teléfono = phone number, telephone number, dial-up number, dial-up number, dial-up number.* número de teléfono de llamada gratuita = toll free telephone number, toll-free number.* número de teléfono que no está incluido en el directorio telefónico = unlisted telephone number.* número de tema = thematic index number.* número determinado de = nth.* número de víctimas = death toll.* número de volumen = volume number.* número entero = integer.* número entero positivo = positive integer.* Número + en total = Número + in number.* número equivocado = wrong number.* número especial = special issue, special number.* número identificado de un ordenador en una red = network address.* número impar = odd number.* número indicador de materia = SIN, Subject Indicator Number.* Número Internacional Normalizado para Libros (ISBN) = ISBN (International Standard Book Number).* Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicaciones Seriadas (ISSN) = ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).* número limitado de alumnos matriculados = limited enrolment.* número mágico = magic number.* número matriz = master number.* número monográfico = thematic issue.* número nacional de identificación bibliográfica = national bibliography number.* número normalizado = standard number.* número ordinal = ordinal, ordinal number.* número par = even number.* número pin = PIN (personal identification number), PIN number.* Número + por ciento = by + factor of + Número, Número + percentage points.* número reclamado = claimed issue.* número romano = roman numeral.* números recientes de las revistas = current journals.* número total = head count.* número trascendente = transcendental number.* número trece = thirteenth.* número uno = number one.* Número + vez = Número + time.* número y distribución de personal = staffing conditions.* ordenación por número curren = accession order, accession order, arrangement by accession number.* ordenado por número de clasificación = in class number order.* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.* PIN (número de identificación personal) = PIN (personal identification number).* poner a + Número = set to + Número.* procesador de números = number cruncher.* redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.* ser de número limitado = be limited in number.* superar en número = outnumber.* tarifa por el número de operaciones = volume-based tariff.* último número, el = latest issue, the.* una gran número de = a broad variety of.* un buen número de = a good number of.* un cierto número de = a number of.* un gran número de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a plethora of, a wide range of, a full roster of, a fair number of, a great number of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a vast corpus of.* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.* un número de = a series of.* un número reducido de = a residue of, a small number of.* un número variado de + Nombre = any number of + Nombre.* * *A1 ( Mat) numbervive en el número 15 she lives at number 15el número premiado es el 10895 the winning number is (number) 10895pagó una suma de seis números he paid a six figure sumun número cada vez mayor de emigrantes more and more emigrantsel gran número de respuestas recibidas the large number of replies receivedproblemas sin número innumerable o countless problemsen números redondos in round numberstengo la cuenta en números rojos my account is o I'm in the red ( colloq)hacer números to do one's arithmetic o ( BrE) sums2 (de zapatos) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] size¿qué número calzas? what size shoe do you take?3 (billete de lotería) lottery ticketCompuestos:random numberArabic numeralatomic numberbinary numbercardinal numbercomplex numberdecimalvehicle identification numberaccount numberfax numberidentity number(de persona) identity number; (de producto) identification number● número de identificación fiscal or tributariaPIN number, Personal Identification Number(en Esp) national identity card numbermass numberserial numbertelephone numberflight numberwhole numberfractionodd numbermixed numberordinal numbereven numberperfect numberprime numberreal numberRoman numerales el número uno de su clase he's top of o the best in his classel número uno egipcio the Egyptian leaderB ( Espec) actun excelente número cómico an excellent comedy act o ( BrE) turnC (de una publicación) issueel número del mes de mayo the May issue o editionun número especial or extraordinario a special issue o editionnúmeros atrasados back numbers o issuesD (en gramática) number* * *
Del verbo numerar: ( conjugate numerar)
numero es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
numeró es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
numerar
número
numerar ( conjugate numerar) verbo transitivo
to number
número sustantivo masculino
1a) (Mat) number;
número de matrícula license number (AmE), registration number (BrE);
número de serie serial number;
número de teléfono/fax phone/fax number;
una suma de seis números a six figure sum;
problemas sin número innumerable o countless problems
◊ ¿qué número calzas? what size shoe do you take?
2a) (Espec) act
numerar verbo transitivo to number
número sustantivo masculino
1 number: me equivoqué al escribir el último número, I made a mistake writting the last figure
soy el número tres de la lista, I'm third on the list
número de teléfono, telephone number
número par/impar, even/odd number
un buen número de personas, a large number of people
2 (de una revista) number, issue
número atrasado, back number
3 (de calzado) size
4 (de un espectáculo) sketch, act
5 familiar montar un número, to make a scene
6 (billete de juego de azar) ticket: tengo un número de lotería de Navidad, I have a Christmas lottery ticket
♦ Locuciones: números rojos, in the red: mi cuenta está en números rojos, my account is in the red
' número' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acrecentar
- acrobacia
- aforo
- arábiga
- arábigo
- atrasada
- atrasado
- cabeza
- calzar
- cantidad
- capicúa
- cardinal
- cifra
- espectáculo
- espuma
- herida
- herido
- imaginaria
- imaginario
- indeterminada
- indeterminado
- matrícula
- n.º
- núm.
- otra
- otro
- par
- pasada
- pasado
- plato
- premiada
- premiado
- prima
- primo
- quedarse
- redonda
- redondo
- referencia
- repetida
- repetido
- rey
- salir
- serie
- superior
- teléfono
- terminación
- abundar
- buscar
- ciento
- cinco
English:
accurate
- act
- admission
- alarming
- Arabic numeral
- army
- back
- copy
- death toll
- dial
- eight
- even
- exact
- fascism
- flock
- grand finale
- grand total
- growth
- intake
- integer
- issue
- licence number
- low
- lucky
- membership
- myriad
- N
- no.
- number
- numeral
- O
- odd
- one
- ordinal
- outnumber
- over
- poll
- prime
- registration number
- round
- round down
- round up
- routine
- scene
- serial
- size
- special
- stock up
- strength
- strong
* * *número nm1. [signo] number;mi número de la suerte my lucky number;en números rojos in the red;hacer números to reckon up;ser el número uno to be number one;[en lista de éxitos] to top the charts;fue el número uno de su promoción he was the best in his year;el número dos del partido republicano the number two o second in command of the Republican Party;sin número [muchos] countless, innumerable;un sin número de modelos diferentes countless o innumerable different modelsnúmero de afiliación a la seguridad social Br national insurance number, US social security number;número atómico atomic number;número binario binary number;número cardinal cardinal number;número complejo complex number;número de cuenta account number;número entero whole number, integer;Fot número f f number;número de fax fax number;número fraccionario fraction;número de identificación personal PIN (number);número impar odd number;Informát número IP IP number;número irracional irrational number;[de alumno] matriculation number;número natural natural number;número ordinal ordinal number;número par even number;número primo prime number;número quebrado fraction;número racional rational number;número redondo round number;número de referencia reference number;Informát número de registro registration number;número romano Roman numeral;número de serie serial number;número de sucursal [de banco] sort code;número de teléfono telephone number2. [tamaño, talla] size;¿qué número calzas? what size shoe are you?, what size shoe do you take?3. [de publicación] issue, numbernúmero atrasado back number;número extraordinario special edition o issue4. [de lotería] ticket5. Gram number6. [de espectáculo] turn, number;Esp Fammontar el número to make o cause a scene* * *m1 number;un gran número de a large number of;sin número countless;ser el número uno be number one, be the best;en números redondos in round figures;en números rojos fig in the red;hacer números fam add up the figures, Brdo one’s sums2 de publicación issue3 de zapato size4:montar un número fam make a scene5:* * *número nm1) : numbernúmero impar: odd numbernúmero ordinal: ordinal numbernúmero arábico: Arabic numeralnúmero quebrado: fraction2) : issue (of a publication)3)sin número : countless* * *número n1. (en general) number2. (de calzado) size¿qué número calzas? what size do you take in shoes?3. (publicación) issue4. (espectáculo) act / number -
18 mayor
adj.1 bigger.2 grown-up (adulto).cuando sea mayor when I grow upser mayor de edad to be an adult3 older (no joven).una mujer mayor an older womanser muy mayor to be very old4 main (principal) (plaza, calle, palo).5 major, main, chief, leading.f. & m.1 major (military).2 head.* * *► adjetivo3 (de edad) mature, elderly4 (adulto) grown-up■ ya eres mayor, así que defiéndete tú solo you are old enough to stand up for yourself now5 (principal) main6 MÚSICA major1 MILITAR major1 (adultos) grown-ups, adults; (antepasados) ancestors► nombre masculino,nombre femenino el/la mayor1 (entre varios) the oldest; (entre hermanos, hijos) the eldest, the oldest\al por mayor wholesalehacerse mayor to grow upno ir/pasar a mayores not to come to anything, not to be anything seriousser mayor de edad to be of agecalle mayor high street, US main street* * *1. noun mf. 2. adj.1) main, major2) bigger, biggest3) larger, largest4) greater, greatest5) elder, oldest•* * *1. ADJ1) [comparativo]a) (=más grande)necesitamos una habitación mayor — we need a bigger o larger room
un mayor número de visitantes — a larger o greater number of visitors, more visitors
son temas de mayor importancia — they are more important issues, they are issues of greater importance
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la mayor parte de los ciudadanos — most citizens•
ser mayor que algo, mi casa es mayor que la suya — my house is bigger o larger than hisb) (=de más edad) olderes mi hermana mayor — she's my older o elder sister
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mayor que algn — older than sbvivió con un hombre muchos años mayor que ella — she lived with a man many years her senior, she lived with a man who was several years older than her
2) [superlativo]a) (=más grande)esta es la mayor iglesia del mundo — this is the biggest o largest church in the world
su mayor problema — his biggest o greatest problem
su mayor enemigo — his biggest o greatest enemy
viven en la mayor miseria — they live in the greatest o utmost poverty
hacer algo con el mayor cuidado — to do sth with the greatest o utmost care
b) (=de más edad) oldestmi hijo (el) mayor — my oldest o eldest son
3) (=principal) [plaza, mástil] main; [altar, misa] highcolegio 1), libro 2)calle mayor — high street, main street (EEUU)
4) (=adulto) grown-up, adultlas personas mayores — grown-ups, adults
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hacerse mayor — to grow up5) (=de edad avanzada) old, elderly6) (=jefe) head antes de s7) (Mús) major2. SMF1) (=adulto) grown-up, adultlos mayores se fueron a una fiesta — the grown-ups o adults went to a party
mayor de edad — adult, person who is legally of age
2) (=anciano)¡más respeto con los mayores! — be more respectful to your elders (and betters)!
3) LAm (Mil) major3.SM•
al por mayor — wholesalerepartir golpes al por mayor — to throw punches left, right and centre
* * *I1)a) ( comparativo de grande)un número mayor que 40 — a number bigger o greater than 40
b) ( superlativo de grande)tienen el mayor número de accidentes — they have the greatest o highest number of accidents
su mayor preocupación — her greatest o biggest worry
a la mayor brevedad posible — (Corresp) as soon as possible o (frml) at your earliest convenience
la mayor parte de los estudiantes — most students, the majority of students
2) ( en edad)a) ( comparativo) older¿tienes hermanos mayores? — do you have any older o elder brothers or sisters?
b) ( superlativo)es la mayor de las dos — she is the older o elder of the two
mi hijo mayor — my eldest o oldest son
c) ( anciano) elderlyd) ( adulto)hay que respetar a las personas mayores — you should treat adults o (colloq) grown-ups with respect
ser mayor de edad — (Der) to be of age
soy mayor de edad y haré lo que quiera — I'm over 18 (o 21 etc) and I'll do as I please
sin mayores contratiempos — without any serious o major hitches
no pasar or llegar a mayores: tuvo un novio, pero el asunto no pasó a mayores she had a boyfriend, but it didn't come to anything; afortunadamente la cosa no llegó a mayores — fortunately it was nothing serious
4) ( en nombres) ( principal) mainCalle Mayor — Main Street ( in US), High Street ( in UK)
5) (Mús) major6) (Com)IImasculino y femenino1) ( adulto) adult, grown-up (colloq)mis/tus mayores — my/your elders
2) mayor masculino (AmL) (Mil) major* * *I1)a) ( comparativo de grande)un número mayor que 40 — a number bigger o greater than 40
b) ( superlativo de grande)tienen el mayor número de accidentes — they have the greatest o highest number of accidents
su mayor preocupación — her greatest o biggest worry
a la mayor brevedad posible — (Corresp) as soon as possible o (frml) at your earliest convenience
la mayor parte de los estudiantes — most students, the majority of students
2) ( en edad)a) ( comparativo) older¿tienes hermanos mayores? — do you have any older o elder brothers or sisters?
b) ( superlativo)es la mayor de las dos — she is the older o elder of the two
mi hijo mayor — my eldest o oldest son
c) ( anciano) elderlyd) ( adulto)hay que respetar a las personas mayores — you should treat adults o (colloq) grown-ups with respect
ser mayor de edad — (Der) to be of age
soy mayor de edad y haré lo que quiera — I'm over 18 (o 21 etc) and I'll do as I please
sin mayores contratiempos — without any serious o major hitches
no pasar or llegar a mayores: tuvo un novio, pero el asunto no pasó a mayores she had a boyfriend, but it didn't come to anything; afortunadamente la cosa no llegó a mayores — fortunately it was nothing serious
4) ( en nombres) ( principal) mainCalle Mayor — Main Street ( in US), High Street ( in UK)
5) (Mús) major6) (Com)IImasculino y femenino1) ( adulto) adult, grown-up (colloq)mis/tus mayores — my/your elders
2) mayor masculino (AmL) (Mil) major* * *mayor11 = senior, elderly, eldest.Nota: Referido a edad.Ex: If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.
Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.Ex: When her eldest son developed a glaucoma she became aware of the lack of suitable books.* apto para mayores de 13 años o menores acompañados = PG-13.* asistencia social para los mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].* centro de día para mayores = day centre for the elderly.* cuidado de los mayores = kinkeeping.* cuidados de los mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].* cuidados para personas mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].* familiar que cuida de los mayores = kinkeeper.* gente mayor = elderly people.* hombre mayor = elderly man.* mayor de 25 años = mature adult.* mayores, los = elderly, the.* muy mayor = over the hill.* pesonas mayores = elderly people.* ser mayor = be older.mayor22 = largest, greater, heightened, increased.Ex: Together they constitute the world's largest data base.
Ex: The likelihood of data transmission errors is greater, however, and it is not recommended for constant use.Ex: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.Ex: Information networks are critical tools to ensure the exchange, transfer, and use of information which will facilitate the increased quality and quantity of agricultural production.* admitir un número de reservas mayor a las plazas existentes = overbook.* alcanzar mayores cotas = rise to + greater heights.* al por mayor = in bulk.* cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.* cada vez mayor = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening.* cada vez mucho mayor = fast-increasing, exploding.* calle mayor, la = main street, the.* causa de fuerza mayor = act of God.* colegio mayor = residence hall, dormitory [dorm, -abbr.], student residence.* comprar al por mayor = buy + in bulk.* con el mayor cuidado = with utmost care.* con el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.* con mayor detalle = in greater detail.* con mayor profundidad = in most detail, in more detail.* con un mayor nivel educativo = better educated [better-educated].* dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.* demasiado mayor en relación con Algo = overage.* demasiado mayor para su curso = overage for grade.* de mayor edad = senior.* de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.* desajuste cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.* descuento por compra al por mayor = bulk deal, bulk rate, bulk rate discount.* diferencia cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.* distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y, = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.* durante la mayor parte de = for much of.* durante la mayor parte del año = for the best part of the year.* en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.* en el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.* en la mayor parte de = in the majority of.* en mayor grado = to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a greater extent, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.* en mayor medida = to a greater extent, to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.* en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.* en mayor o menor medida = to a greater or lesser extent.* en su mayor parte = largely, mostly, for the most part.* en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.* fuerza mayor = force majeure.* hora de mayor demanda = peak time.* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.* interés cada vez mayor = growing interest.* jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.* la mayor parte de = the majority of, the main bulk of, the lion's share of.* la mayor parte de las veces = more often than not.* la proporción mayor de = the lion's share of.* libro de mayor venta = bestseller [best seller/best-seller].* material de tamaño mayor de lo normal = outsize material.* mayor + Nombre = longer + Nombre.* mayor rendimiento = efficiencies of scale.* mucho mayor = far greater, far larger, very much greater.* obtener el mayor rendimiento posible = maximise + opportunities.* para mayor información sobre = for details of.* para mayor información véase + Nombre = see + Nombre + for further details.* para mayor inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.* período de mayor demanda = peak time.* precio al por mayor = block rate, wholesale price, bulk rate.* precio especial por compra al por mayor = bulk deal.* preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.* programación televisiva de mayor audiencia = prime time television.* programa de mayor audiencia = prime time programme, prime time show.* sacar el mayor partido al dinero de uno = get + the most for + Posesivo + money.* sacar mayor partido a = squeeze + more life out of.* sacar mayor provecho = stretch + further.* separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and.* ser el que con mayor frecuencia = be (the) most likely to.* símbolo de mayor-que (>) = greater-than sign (>), greater-than symbol (>), right angled bracket (>).* suministro al por mayor = bulk supply.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* una mayor variedad de = a wider canvas of.* una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.* un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.* un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.* vender al por mayor = sell + in bulk, wholesale.* venta al por mayor = wholesaling, wholesale.* * *Apueden volar a mayor altura they can fly at a greater heightestas tablas le dan mayor amplitud a la falda these pleats make the skirt fullerun material de mayor flexibilidad a more flexible materialen otros países el índice de mortalidad infantil es aún mayor in other countries the infant mortality rate is even higheresto podría reportar beneficios aún mayores this could bring even greater benefitsmayor QUE algo:una superficie cuatro veces mayor que la de nuestro país a surface area four times greater than that of our countrycualquier número mayor que 40 any number above 40 o greater than 40 o higher than 40X > Z ( Mat) (read as: equis es mayor que zeta) X > Z (léase: x is greater than z)el mayor país de América Latina the biggest country in Latin Americael mayor número de accidentes de Europa the greatest o highest number of accidents in Europeésa ha sido siempre su mayor preocupación that has always been her greatest worryle ruego lo envíe a la mayor brevedad posible ( Corresp) please send it as soon as possible o ( frml) at your earliest conveniencela mayor parte de los argentinos most Argentinians, the majority of Argentinians1 (comparativo) older¿tienes hermanos mayores? do you have any older o elder brothers or sisters?mayor QUE algn older THAN sbsoy dos meses mayor que tú I am two months older than you2(superlativo): ¿quién de los dos es el mayor? who is the older o elder of the two?éste es mi hijo mayor this is my eldest o oldest sonel mayor de todos los residentes the oldest of all the residents3 (viejo) elderlyya es muy mayor y no puede valerse sola she's very old o ( colloq) she's getting on and she can't manage on her own4(adulto): no se les habla así a las personas mayores you shouldn't talk to adults o grown-ups like thatcuando sea mayor quiero ser bombero when I grow up I want to be a firemanvamos, que ya eres mayorcito para estar haciendo esas cosas come on, you're a bit old to be doing things like thatcuando sea mayor de edad ( Der) when he reaches the age of majoritysoy mayor de edad y haré lo que quiera I'm over 18 ( o 21 etc) and I'll do as I pleaseC ( en frases negativas)(grande): no creo que esto requiera mayores explicaciones I don't think this needs much in the way of explanationno tengo mayor interés en el tema I'm not particularly interested in o I don't have any great interest in the subjectla noticia no me produjo mayor inquietud the news did not worry me particularly o undulyse llevó a cabo sin mayores contratiempos it was carried out without any serious o major hitchesno pasar or llegar a mayores: tuvo un pretendiente, pero la cosa no pasó a mayores she had a boyfriend, but it didn't come to anything o but nothing came of ithubo una pelea pero no llegó a mayores there was a fight but it was nothing seriousE ( Mús) majorF ( Com):(al) por mayor wholesale[ S ] venta sólo (al) por mayor wholesale onlylos compran (al) por mayor they buy them wholesalehubo problemas (al) por mayor there were innumerable problemsA1(adulto): no te metas en las conversaciones de los mayores don't interrupt when the adults o grown-ups are talkingcada niño debe ir acompañado de un mayor each child must be accompanied by an adultmis/tus mayores my/your eldersCompuesto:masculine and feminine person who is legally of age o who has reached the age of majorityB* * *
mayor adjetivo
1a) ( comparativo de
‹ beneficio› greater;
a mayor escala on a larger scale;
un número mayor que 40 a number greater than 40b) ( superlativo de◊ grande): el mayor número de accidentes the greatest o highest number of accidents;
su mayor preocupación her greatest o biggest worry;
a la mayor brevedad posible as soon as possible;
la mayor parte de los estudiantes most students, the majority of students
2 ( en edad)
mayor que algn older than sbb) ( superlativo):◊ es la mayor de las dos she is the older o elder of the two;
mi hijo mayor my eldest o oldest son
d) ( adulto):
cuando sea mayor when I grow up;
ser mayor de edad (Der) to be of age;
soy mayor de edad y haré lo que quiera I'm over 18 (o 21 etc) and I'll do as I please
3 ( en nombres) ( principal) main;
4 (Mús) major
5 (Com):
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( adulto) adult, grown-up (colloq);
mis/tus mayores my/your elders;
mayor de edad person who is legally of age
mayor
I adjetivo
1 (comparativo de tamaño) larger, bigger: necesitas una talla mayor, you need a larger size
(superlativo) largest, biggest: ésa es la mayor, that is the biggest one
2 (comparativo de grado) greater: su capacidad es mayor que la mía, his capacity is greater than mine
la ciudad no tiene mayor atractivo, the town isn't particularly appealing
(superlativo) greatest: ésa es la mayor tontería que he oído nunca, that is the most absurd thing I've ever heard
3 (comparativo de edad) older: es mayor que tu madre, she is older than your mother
(superlativo) oldest
el mayor de los tres, the oldest one 4 está muy mayor, (crecido, maduro) he's quite grown-up
(anciano) he looks old
ser mayor de edad, to be of age
(maduro) old: es un hombre mayor, he's an old man
eres mayor para entenderlo, you are old enough to understand it
5 (principal) major, main: tu mayor responsabilidad es su educación, the thing that's most important to you is her education; la calle mayor, the main street
6 Mús major
7 Com al por mayor, wholesale
II sustantivo masculino
1 Mil major 2 mayores, (adultos) grownups, adults
(ancianos) elders
♦ Locuciones: al por mayor, wholesale
ir/pasar a mayores, to become serious: discutió con su marido, pero el asunto no pasó a mayores, she had an argument with her husband but they soon forgot about it
' mayor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abundar
- adicta
- adicto
- afán
- alcalde
- alcaldía
- almacén
- amable
- brevedad
- burgomaestre
- calle
- caza
- colegio
- confluencia
- desarrollar
- edad
- engrandecer
- escaparate
- estado
- Excemo.
- Excmo.
- fuerza
- gruesa
- grueso
- hacer
- hacerse
- inri
- obra
- osa
- palo
- persona
- plana
- polemizar
- predilección
- re
- safari
- salir
- sol
- teniente
- vender
- venta
- abuelo
- ama
- anhelo
- atractivo
- audiencia
- cazar
- ciudad
- compás
- de
English:
act
- address
- adult
- big
- bomb
- bulk
- capacity
- cash-and-carry
- claw back
- densely
- dipper
- dormitory
- elaborate
- elder
- eldest
- few
- frisky
- grow up
- growing
- high street
- hill
- inquest
- lion
- little
- main
- major
- mayor
- mostly
- much
- nominee
- often
- old
- outflow
- outweigh
- over
- part
- perpendicular
- residence
- senior
- sergeant major
- spur
- staff
- trade price
- utmost
- wholesale
- wholesale trade
- wholesaler
- worship
- abject
- cash
* * *♦ adj1. [comparativo] [en tamaño] bigger ( que than); [en edad] older ( que than); [en importancia] greater ( que than); [en número] higher ( que than);este puente es mayor que el otro this bridge is bigger than the other one;mi hermana mayor my older sister;es ocho años mayor que yo she's eight years older than me;un mayor número de víctimas a higher number of victims;una mayor tasa de inflación a higher rate of inflation;en mayor o menor grado to a greater or lesser extent;no creo que tenga mayor interés I don't think it's particularly interesting;no te preocupes, no tiene mayor importancia don't worry, it's not (all) that important;subsidios para parados mayores de cuarenta y cinco años benefits for unemployed people (of) over forty-five;la mayor parte de most of, the majority of;la mayor parte de los británicos piensa que… most British people o the majority of British people think that…;Matmayor que greater than2. [superlativo][en edad] the oldest…; [en importancia] the greatest…; [en número] the highest…;el/la mayor… [en tamaño] the biggest…;la mayor de las islas the biggest island, the biggest of the islands;la mayor crisis que se recuerda the biggest crisis in living memory;el mayor de todos nosotros/de la clase the oldest of all of us/in the class;el mayor de los dos hermanos the older of the two brothers;vive en la mayor de las pobrezas he lives in the most abject poverty3. [más] further, more;para mayor información solicite nuestro catálogo for further o more details, send for our catalogue4. [adulto] grown-up;cuando sea mayor when I grow up;hacerse mayor to grow up;ser mayor de edad to be an adult5. [no joven] older;[anciano] elderly;una mujer ya mayor an older woman;ser muy mayor to be very old;hay que escuchar a las personas mayores you should listen to older people;la gente mayor, las personas mayores [los ancianos] the elderly6. [principal] major, main;la plaza mayor the main square;la calle mayor the main street;el palo mayor the main mast7. Mús major;en do mayor in C majorun almacén de venta al por mayor a wholesaler's♦ nmfel/la mayor [hijo, hermano] the eldest;mayores [adultos] grown-ups;[antepasados] ancestors, forefathers;es una película/revista para mayores it's an adult movie o Br film/magazine;respeta a tus mayores you should respect your elders;♦ nmMil major* * *I adjmayor que greater than, larger than;ser mayor de edad be an adult;ser (muy) mayor be (very) elderly;mayor que older than2 sup:biggest; en importancia the greatest;los mayores the adults;la mayor parte the majority3 MÚS tono, modomajor;4 COM:al por mayor wholesaleII m MIL major:ir opasar a mayores get serious* * *mayor adj3) : grown-up, mature4) : main, major5)mayor de edad : of (legal) age6)al por mayor orpor mayor : wholesalemayor nmf1) : major (in the military)2) : adult* * *mayor1 adj1. (que tiene más edad) older2. (más grande) bigger3. (él de más edad) oldest4. (anciano) old / elderly5. (adulto) grown up6. (principal) mainmayor2 n1. (que tiene más años) oldest¿cuántos años tiene el mayor? how old is the oldest?2. (adulto) grown upde mayor when I grow up / when you grow up etc. -
19 cuál
adj.which, what.adv.which.pron.which one.* * *1 (precedido de artículo - persona) who, whom■ entrevistamos a los obreros, los cuales nos informaron adecuadamente we interviewed the workers, who duly informed us2 (precedido de artículo - cosa) which■ la casa tiene un mirador desde el cual se ve el mar the house has a balcony with a view of the sea3 (correlativo) such as► adverbio1 formal as, like\cada cual everyone, everybody* * *pron.1) which2) who, whom* * *1. PRON1)a) [aplicado a cosas] whichobtuvo una beca, gracias a la cual pudo subsistir varios años — he got a grant, which gave him enough to live on for several years
el estado al cual se ha solicitado la extradición — the country from which extradition has been requested
b) [aplicado a personas] [como sujeto] who; [como objeto] who, whom; [tras preposición] whomse reunieron con el presidente, el cual les informó del asunto — they had a meeting with the president, who briefed them on the affair
tengo gran amistad con el director, al cual conozco desde hace muchos años — the director, who o whom I have known for many years, is a great friend of mine
había ocho chicos, tres de los cuales hablaban en inglés — there were eight boys, three of whom were speaking in English
2)• lo cual — which
se rieron mucho, lo cual me disgustó — they laughed a lot, which upset me
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con lo cual — with the result thatse han construido dos escuelas más, con lo cual contaremos con más de 2.000 plazas escolares — two more schools have been built, with the result that o which means that we will have more than 2,000 school places
llegué tarde, con lo cual no pude entrar — I arrived late, which meant I couldn't get in
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por lo cual — and therefore, consequently3)• cada cual, miembros de distintas religiones, cada cual con su libro sagrado — members of different religions, each (one) with their holy book
depende del gusto de cada cual — it depends on individual taste, it depends on each individual's taste
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allá cada cual — everyone must look out for themselves4)• sea cual sea o fuese o fuere — whatever
nuestra postura no variará sea cual sea el resultado de las elecciones — our position will not change whatever the outcome of the election (is o may be)
quiere entrar en un club de golf, sea cual sea — he wants to join a golf club, and any one will do
2.ADV CONJ liter likeen la novela su amada se suicida cual nueva Ofelia — in the novel his loved one commits suicide like a modern-day Ophelia
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cual si — as iftal 3., 1)todos aplaudieron su sugerencia, cual si de una idea genial se tratara — everyone applauded his suggestion, as if it were the most brilliant idea
3.ADJ (Jur) said, aforementionedlos cuales bienes — the said o aforementioned property
* * *I1)a)el cual/la cual/los cuales/las cuales — ( hablando de personas) (sujeto) who; (complemento) who, whom (frml); ( hablando de cosas) which
según lo cual... — by which...
dos/la mayoría de los cuales — ( hablando de cosas) two/most of which; ( hablando de personas) two/most of whom
b)por lo cual — as a result o therefore
con lo cual: me dijo que yo allí sobraba, con lo cual me fui he told me that I wasn't wanted there, whereupon o at which point I left; olvidó el dinero, con lo cual no pude comprar nada — he forgot the money, which meant that I couldn't buy anything
2) (en locs)cada cual — everyone, everybody
cada cual se fue por su lado — each went his separate way, everyone went their separate ways
IIsea cual sea or fuera or fuere — whatever
preposición (liter) likecual fiera enfurecida... — like a raging beast... (liter)
* * *= what, which.Ex. Before examining the two main means of constructing classification schedules it is as well to consider what the objective of the designer of a classification scheme should be.Ex. There are a number of features of a catalogue or index which benefit from some standardisation.----* aceptar tal cual = take + Nombre + at face value.* cada cual por su cuenta = every man for himself.* con lo cual = whereupon.* copiar tal cual = lift + wholesale and unmodified.* ¿cuál es el futuro de? = quo vadis.* de los cuales = out of which.* después de lo cual = whereupon.* el cual = which.* gracias al cual = whereby.* por el cual = whereby, whereupon.* saber cúal es la verdad = discern + the truth.* sea cual fuere = any... whatsoever.* sea cual fuese = any... whatsoever.* sea cual sea el criterio utilizado = by any standard(s).* sean cuales sean = whatever they may be.* tal cual = unaltered, uncritically, unmodified, unedited, just as, like that, like this.* tal o cual = such and such.* tal y cual = such and such.* * *I1)a)el cual/la cual/los cuales/las cuales — ( hablando de personas) (sujeto) who; (complemento) who, whom (frml); ( hablando de cosas) which
según lo cual... — by which...
dos/la mayoría de los cuales — ( hablando de cosas) two/most of which; ( hablando de personas) two/most of whom
b)por lo cual — as a result o therefore
con lo cual: me dijo que yo allí sobraba, con lo cual me fui he told me that I wasn't wanted there, whereupon o at which point I left; olvidó el dinero, con lo cual no pude comprar nada — he forgot the money, which meant that I couldn't buy anything
2) (en locs)cada cual — everyone, everybody
cada cual se fue por su lado — each went his separate way, everyone went their separate ways
IIsea cual sea or fuera or fuere — whatever
preposición (liter) likecual fiera enfurecida... — like a raging beast... (liter)
* * *= what, which.Ex: Before examining the two main means of constructing classification schedules it is as well to consider what the objective of the designer of a classification scheme should be.
Ex: There are a number of features of a catalogue or index which benefit from some standardisation.* aceptar tal cual = take + Nombre + at face value.* cada cual por su cuenta = every man for himself.* con lo cual = whereupon.* copiar tal cual = lift + wholesale and unmodified.* ¿cuál es el futuro de? = quo vadis.* de los cuales = out of which.* después de lo cual = whereupon.* el cual = which.* gracias al cual = whereby.* por el cual = whereby, whereupon.* saber cúal es la verdad = discern + the truth.* sea cual fuere = any... whatsoever.* sea cual fuese = any... whatsoever.* sea cual sea el criterio utilizado = by any standard(s).* sean cuales sean = whatever they may be.* tal cual = unaltered, uncritically, unmodified, unedited, just as, like that, like this.* tal o cual = such and such.* tal y cual = such and such.* * *cual1A1el cual/la cual/los cuales/las cuales (hablando de personas) ( sujeto) who;dos señores, con los cuales pasé varios días two gentlemen, who I spent several days with o with whom I spent several daysmedidas con las cuales se desestimula el consumo measures with which consumption is discouragedel motivo por el cual lo hizo the reason why he did itla regla según la cual … the rule by which …me presentó al hermano y a un primo, el cual primo resultó ser un plomo he introduced me to his brother and to a cousin, the latter o the cousin turned out to be a real bore2lo cual whichse disgustó, lo cual es natural she got upset, which is only naturalese día habrá huelga de transportes, por lo cual se ha decidido postergar la reunión there will be a transport strike that day; as a result o therefore o so, it has been decided to postpone the meetinganunció que ella había ganado, con lo cual se produjo una gran silbatina he announced that she had won, at which point o whereupon there was loud booingB ( en locs):cada cual everyone, everybodyque cada cual se ocupe de su equipaje everybody must look after their own luggage, everybody must look after his or her own luggageallí nos separamos y cada cual se fue por su lado we split up there and each went his separate way o everyone went their separate wayssea cual sea or sea cual fuera or sea cual fuere: sea cual sea su decisión whatever their decision is o may besean cuales fueren sus motivos whatever her motives might be o may be o arecada cual con su cada cuala ( fam hum); each with his or her partnercual2( liter); likeel mar, cual fiera enfurecida … the sea, like a raging beast … ( liter)cual si tuviese alas as if I had wings* * *
Multiple Entries:
cual
cuál
cual pronombre
1a)
( complemento) who, whom (frml);
( hablando de cosas) which;◊ mis vecinos, a los cuáles no conocía my neighbors who I didn't know o (frml) whom I did not know;
el motivo por el cuál lo hizo the reason why he did it;
según lo cuál … by which …;
dos de los cuáles two of whom/whichb)
por lo cuál as a result, therefore;
con lo cuál so
2 ( en locs)
sea cual sea or fuera or fuere whatever
cuál pronombre ( uno en particular) which;
( uno en general) what;◊ ¿cuál quieres? which (one) do you want?;
¿y cuál es el problema? so, what's the problem?
■ adjetivo (esp AmL): ¿a cuál colegio vas? what o which school do you go to?
cual
I pron rel
1 (persona) (sujeto) who
(objeto) whom
2 (cosa) which
II pron
1 correl tal cual, exactly as
2 ant (comparativo) such as
♦ Locuciones: a cual más guapo, each more handsome than the other
cuál
I pron interr which (one)?, what?: ¿cuál prefieres?, which one do you prefer?
II adjetivo interr which
' cuál' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caballería
- cada
- cual
- cualquiera
- decir
- gentilicio
- lo
- moraleja
- nombre
- suerte
- tal
- talla
- con
- patente
English:
address
- any
- car-boot sale
- chain letter
- climbing frame
- downside
- each
- euro
- exercise
- forecast
- mission
- mode
- motive
- motto
- one
- optimal
- promenade concert
- publicity
- source
- stand
- such-and-such
- that
- title
- two
- weather forecast
- what
- whereupon
- which
- whichever
- who
- whom
- comprehensive
- consent
- grammar
- job
- kind
- such
- surprisingly
- whereby
- why
* * *♦ pron relativo1.[de cosa] which;conoció a una española, la cual vivía en Buenos Aires he met a Spanish girl who lived in Buenos Aires;le extirparon el apéndice, el cual se había inflamado they removed her appendix, which had become inflamed;hablé con dos profesores, los cuales me explicaron la situación I spoke to two teachers who explained the situation to me;me encontré con Sandra, a la cual hacía tiempo que no veía I met Sandra, who o Formal whom I hadn't seen for some time;son dos personas con las cuales me llevo muy bien they're two people I get on very well with, Formal they're two people with whom I get on very well;hablé con la persona a la cual escribí la semana pasada I spoke with the person who I had written to o Formal to whom I had written last week;la compañía para la cual trabajo the company I work for, Formal the company for which I work;un problema para el cual no hay solución a problem to which there is no solution;una norma según la cual no se puede entrar a mitad de espectáculo a rule stating that you may not enter the auditorium while the show is in progress;estoy muy cansado, razón por la cual no saldré esta noche I'm very tired, which is why I'm not going out tonight2.lo cual which;está muy enfadada, lo cual es comprensible she's very angry, which is understandable;ha tenido mucho éxito, de lo cual me alegro she's been very successful and I'm very pleased for her;…de lo cual concluimos que… …from which we can conclude that…;estaba de muy mal humor, en vista de lo cual no le dije nada seeing as o in view of the fact that she was in a very bad mood, I didn't say anything to her;por todo lo cual hemos decidido… as a result of which we have decided…;todo lo cual me hace pensar que no vendrá all of which makes me think he won't comeque cada cual extraiga sus conclusiones you may all draw your own conclusions;le conté lo que había pasado y se quedó tal cual I told her what had happened and she didn't bat an eyelid♦ advLiterario [como] like;se revolvió cual fiera herida he writhed around like a wounded beast;cual padre, tal hijo like father, like son* * *I pron rel:por lo cual (and) so;tiene dos coches, a cuál más caro he has two cars, both (of them) equally expensiveII adv like;dejó la habitación tal cual la encontró she left the room just as she found it* * *cuál adj: which, what¿cuáles libros?: which books?cual prep: like, ascuál pron¿cuál es el mejor?: which one is the best?¿cuál es tu apellido?: what is your last name?2)cuál más, cuál menos : some more, some lesscual pron1)el cual, la cual, los cuales, las cuales : who, whom, whichla razón por la cual lo dije: the reason I said it2)lo cual : whichse rió, lo cual me dio rabia: he laughed, which made me mad3)cada cual : everyone, everybody* * *cual pron1. (persona) who / whomhablamos con los estudiantes, los cuales nos informaron sobre la huelga we spoke to the students who told us about the strike2. (cosa) whichla casa, la cual se construyó el año pasado, es preciosa the house, which was built last year, is beautiful -
20 reducir
v.1 to reduce.nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cutreducir algo a algo to reduce something to somethingreducir algo al absurdo to make a nonsense of somethingElla redujo la velocidad She reduced the speed.2 to suppress, to subdue (someter) (país, ciudad).3 to convert (Mat) (convertir).4 to set (medicine).5 to shorten, to shrink.Ellos redujeron las tablas They shortened the boards.6 to cut down, to depress, to de-escalate, to deescalate.Ellos redujeron los gastos They cut down expenses.7 to conquer, to subdue, to subjugate.Ellos redujeron a los nativos They conquered the natives.8 to hydrogenate.* * *1 (gen) to reduce2 (disminuir) to reduce, cut, cut down on3 (vencer) to subdue4 MEDICINA to set5 (una salsa, etc) to reduce, boil down1 AUTOMÓVIL to change down, change to a lower gear1 (gen) to be reduced; (decrecer) to decrease2 (resultar) to come down (a, to)* * *verb1) to reduce, cut2) decrease3) subdue* * *1. VT1) (=disminuir)a) [en cantidad] [+ gastos, inflación, precio] to reduce, bring down, cut; [+ tensión, ansiedad] to reduce; [+ riesgo] to reduce, lessenmedidas encaminadas a reducir el número de parados — measures designed to reduce o bring down o cut the number of unemployed
han reducido las listas de espera en los hospitales — they have reduced o cut hospital waiting lists
el autobús redujo su velocidad — the bus reduced speed, the bus slowed down
el banco redujo su beneficio un 12% — the bank saw its profits fall by 12%
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reducir algo en algo — to reduce sth by sth, cut sth by sthtenemos que reducir la producción en un 20% — we have to reduce o cut production by 20%
b) [en tiempo] [+ jornada laboral] to reduce, shorten; [+ sentencia] to reducehan reducido la mili a nueve meses — they have reduced o cut military service to nine months
sus abogados consiguieron reducir la sentencia a dos meses — his lawyers managed to get his sentence reduced to two months
c) [en tamaño] [+ copia] to reduce; [+ discurso, artículo] to cut down, shorten2)•
reducir algo a algo —a) (=limitar) to limit sth to sth; (=simplificar) to reduce sth to sthredujo su intervención a criticar al gobierno — her participation was limited to criticizing the government
b) (=convertir) [+ cantidad, medida] to convert sth into sth; [+ fracción, ecuación] to reduce sth into sth3) (=someter) [+ ladrón, fugitivo, loco] to overpower; [+ alborotadores] to subdue; [+ fortaleza] to subdue, reduce frm•
reducir a algn al silencio — [por la fuerza, por miedo] to silence sb; [por vergüenza, humillación] to reduce sb to silence4) (Med) [+ hueso, hernia] to set, reduce frm5) (Quím) to reduce6) LAm [en el mercado negro] to get rid of *2.VI (Aut) to change down3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reducereducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum
le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence
reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form
b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce2)a) ( transformar)reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing
b) (Quím) to reducec) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)2.reducir vi1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear3.reducirse v pronreducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river
* * *= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.Ex. A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.Ex. In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex. Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex. But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex. Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.Ex. This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex. He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex. In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex. The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex. Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex. May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex. The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex. You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex. They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.----* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* reducir de plantilla = downsize.* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.* reducir el valor = reduce + value.* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.* reducir gradualmente = scale down.* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.* reducir progresivamente = phase out.* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reducereducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum
le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence
reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form
b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce2)a) ( transformar)reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing
b) (Quím) to reducec) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)2.reducir vi1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear3.reducirse v pronreducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river
* * *= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.
Ex: A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.Ex: In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex: Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex: But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex: Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex: He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex: In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex: The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex: Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex: May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex: They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* reducir de plantilla = downsize.* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.* reducir el valor = reduce + value.* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.* reducir gradualmente = scale down.* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.* reducir progresivamente = phase out.* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.* * *reducir [I6 ]vtA1 ‹gastos/costos› to cut, cut down on, reduce; ‹velocidad› to reduce; ‹producción/consumo› to reducehemos reducido el número de casos we have brought down o reduced the number of casesredujeron el número de plazas they cut the number of places o the number of places was reducedhan prometido reducir los impuestos they have promised to cut o reduce taxescon esto se intenta reducir al mínimo el riesgo de infección this is intended to minimize o to reduce to a minimum the risk of infectionejercicios para reducir (la) cintura exercises to reduce your waistlinereducir algo A algo to reduce sth TO sthhan reducido el texto a 50 páginas they have shortened o reduced the text to fifty pagesle han reducido la pena a dos años they have commuted o shortened o reduced his sentence to two yearsla población quedó reducida a la mitad the population was reduced to half of its former sizereducir algo a su mínima expresión ( Mat) to reduce sth to its simplest expression o formel suéter quedó reducido a su mínima expresión ( hum); the sweater shrank to nothingreducir algo EN algo to reduce sth BY sthpretenden reducir el gasto en cinco millones they aim to reduce costs by five million2 ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduceB1 (transformar) reducir algo A algo:reducir los gramos a miligramos to convert the grams to milligramsreducir quebrados a un mínimo común denominador to reduce fractions to their lowest common denominatorquedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashestodas sus ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada all his dreams were shattered2 ( Quím) to reduceC (dominar, someter) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue; ‹ladrón› to overpowerreducir a un pueblo a la esclavitud to reduce a people to slaveryD ‹fractura/hernia› to set, reduce ( tech)E (CS) ‹cadáver/restos mortales› to exhume ( for reburial in a niche or smaller coffin)■ reducirviA ( Coc) to reduce, boil downdejar reducir la salsa leave the sauce to boil down o reducereducirse A algo:todo se reduce a saber interpretar las cifras it all comes down to knowing how to interpret the figurestodo se redujo a una visita a la catedral y un paseo por el río in the end it was just a visit to the cathedral and a walk along the river* * *
reducir ( conjugate reducir) verbo transitivo
1
‹velocidad/producción/consumo› to reduce;
reducir algo A algo to reduce sth to sth;
reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth by sth
2a) ( transformar):
quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes
3 ( dominar) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue;
‹ ladrón› to overpower
reducirse verbo pronominal:
reducir
I verbo transitivo
1 (disminuir) to reduce
reducir algo en algo, to reduce sthg by sthg
(gastos, consumo, etc) to cut (down), minimize
2 (convertir, transformar) to reduce: el incendio redujo el bosque a cenizas, the fire reduced the wood to ashes
3 (subyugar) to subdue
II vi Auto to change down, US to downshift
' reducir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bajar
- ceniza
- encaminada
- encaminado
- moler
- disminuir
- minimizar
- mínimo
- mira
English:
administrative
- austerity
- ax
- axe
- change down
- corner
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- decrease
- deficit
- deplenish
- deplete
- depress
- downsize
- effective
- halve
- lighten
- lower
- narrow down
- prune
- pulp
- rate
- receive
- reduce
- retrench
- scale down
- shorten
- slow
- wind down
- bring
- cost
- deaden
- decelerate
- diminish
- discount
- get
- lessen
- loss
- minimize
- over
- pare
- scale
- slacken
- traffic
- whittle
- wind
* * *♦ vt1. [disminuir] to reduce;[gastos, costes, impuestos, plantilla] to cut; [producción] to cut (back on);nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut;reduzca la velocidad [en letrero] reduce speed now;reducir algo a algo to reduce sth to sth;el edificio quedó reducido a escombros the building was reduced to a pile of rubble;reducir algo al mínimo to reduce sth to a minimum;tú todo lo reduces a tener dinero the only thing you care about is money;reducir a la mínima expresión to cut down to the bare minimum2. [fotocopia] to reduce3. [someter] [país, ciudad] to suppress, to subdue;[atracador, ladrón, sublevados] to overpower6. Quím to reduce8. Andes, RP [objetos robados] to receive, to fence9. RP [cadáver] to exhume [for reburial in smaller container]♦ vireduce a tercera change down into third (gear)* * *v/t1 reduce (a to); gastos cut;reducir personal cut jobs, reduce staff numbers;reducir la marcha AUTO downshift, shift into a lower gear2 MIL overcome* * *reducir {61} vt1) disminuir: to reduce, to decrease, to cut2) : to subdue3) : to boil down* * *reducir vb to reduce
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